NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has provided a $22.6 million HUD-insured loan for Seagirt Seniors Housing, an affordable housing property located in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. The 12-story, 120,278-square-foot building was built in 1985 with 151 Section 8 apartment units and one employee unit. Laura Smith of Berkadia originated the financing, which was structured with a 35-year term and a 71 percent loan-to-value ratio, through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower, New York-based operator JASA, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements. Planned upgrades include …
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In the Seniors Housing Sector, a Sense of Recovery is Growing
For more than a year, seniors housing operators have battled rising vacancy, pressure on net operating income and uncertainty about the future as potential residents steered clear from property tours and lease commitments. Those difficulties have created a tough financing environment for the segment. But a growing number of seniors housing discussions today are centered on how operators and the industry are recovering, according to Christopher Callaghan, head of healthcare banking at M&T Bank. To what degree a recovery is occurring, however, depends on several variables. “There is still a …
CHICAGO — Evergreen Real Estate Group, Synergy Construction Group and the Chicago Housing Authority have completed construction of Ravenswood Senior Living, a 193-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. The property was previously the Ravenswood Hospital, which was built in 1974 and fell vacant in 2002. The redevelopment project cost $81 million and took a year-and-a-half to complete. Located between Damen and Ravenswood avenues, Ravenswood Senior Living is a 10-story building that is situated close to public transit, including the Damen and …
LYONS, Ill. — Affordable Housing Investment Brokerage Inc. (AHIB) has arranged the $8.8 million sale of Riverwalk in Lyons, about 14 miles southwest of Chicago. Built in 2003, the six-story property includes 120 units. The majority of the units are rented under affordable housing guidelines, while 16 are rented at market rate. The community was developed using funds from the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program and the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Current affordability restrictions remain in place until 2033. Kyle Shoemaker of AHIB represented the seller, Barron Development LLC, as …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based private equity firm Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided a $29.4 million bridge loan for a multifamily redevelopment project in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. The borrower, a joint venture between multiple New York-based developers, will use the proceeds to acquire the former Parkway Hospital building and fund predevelopment costs. The joint venture plans to convert the site into a multifamily development with affordable seniors housing and condominium uses. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
METAIRIE, La. — Sims Mortgage Funding (SMF), a subsidiary of HJ Sims, has arranged a $10.8 million loan for Metairie Manor in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. In 2012, SMF refinanced Metairie Manor, a 287-unit, Section 8, affordable seniors housing community owned and managed by affiliates of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. That refinancing, which paid off its HUD Section 202 direct loan, produced approximately $250,000 in annual debt service savings that have been used to fund wellness and affordable nutrition programs, resident units deep-cleaning services and enhanced transportation …
MIAMI — Swerdlow Group has broken ground on Sawyer’s Walk, a 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood that will include 250,000 square feet of retail space below 578 apartments designated for low-income seniors. Swerdlow Group is collaborating with the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) on the $300 million project. Swerdlow Group and its partners, Delray Beach, Fla.-based SJM Partners and Miami-based Alben Duffie, acquired the 3.4-acre property at 249 NW 6th St. from the Community Redevelopment Agency for $10 million. Construction is scheduled for completion in …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lument has closed a $28 million bridge loan to facilitate the refinancing and limited partner buyout of Greenfair Apartments, an age-restricted, low-income apartment property located in Sacramento. Aaron Wooler of Lument led the transaction on behalf of the borrower, Western America Properties, an affordable housing owner/developer. The firm specializes in acquiring, rehabilitating, preserving and managing HUD-insured, Section 8 apartment communities. Western America Properties originally acquired Greenfair Apartments in 2001 and subsequently renovated the 386-unit property. All units at the property benefit from project-based Section 8 housing assistance …
HOUSTON — Houston Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD), along with an affiliate of Atlantic Pacific Communities, has unveiled plans for Heritage Senior Residences, a mixed-income senior living community in Houston that will replace housing lost during Hurricane Harvey in August of 2017. The project was awarded $14.4 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. In addition, these funds were paired with $13.8 million of equity generated from the sale of housing tax credits, a $9.8 million permanent loan from Citi Community Capital, and a $20.5 million construction …
MARLTON, N.J. — Walters has opened the doors at Cornerstone at Greentree, an income-restricted seniors housing community in Marlton, a suburb of Philadelphia. Situated on 2.3 acres in Burlington County, the four-story building features 68 one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, with rents starting at $850 per month. Apartments are leased exclusively to residents whose incomes are at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Rental rates are based on the renter’s gross annual income, according to the rent/income requirements chart. A staff social services coordinator is available upon request …